DORETY v. AVONDALE SHIPYARDS OF TEXAS, INC.

Civ. A. No. H-81-2732.

672 F.Supp. 962 (1987)

Thelma Virginia DORETY, Plaintiff, v. AVONDALE SHIPYARDS OF TEXAS, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Division.

January 16, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe Alfred Izen, Jr., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff.

G. Byron Sims, Brown, Sims & Ayre, Houston, Tex., for Avondale Shipyards of Texas, Inc.


MEMORANDUM

HUGHES, District Judge.

Avondale Shipyards of Texas, Inc., has moved this court for a summary judgment, claiming that the Louisiana statute of limitations bars the pursuit of this suit. The motion will be granted.

Background.

Thelma Dorety was injured on October 23, 1979, while working on an offshore drilling platform. She filed suit on October 21, 1981. Avondale was not Dorety's employer.

Claims.

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